Episode 12
Why Am I So Exhausted When I'm Doing So Much?
Where Your Energy Goes
You've been going since early this morning.
Meetings, messages, the kids, the shopping.
Then you sit down for a minute, and suddenly it's eleven.
And a voice asks: what is wrong with you?
In this episode I share my corporate years, when I came home empty without knowing it.
And how working four days a week, while doing more at home, gave me more energy.
In this episode
- How to tell tired from avoiding
- Why exhaustion is about energy, not only about how much you do
- What took energy and what gave something back in my own life
- One question to tell the difference
Walkthrough
00:00The couch at the end of a full day
01:36Tired or avoiding? Picking up from last week
02:41My corporate years: the couch, late nights and late mornings
04:34Some of it was habit. Some of it was empty
05:10Four days a week, doing more and feeling better
08:25It's about where your energy goes and what comes back
10:53Exhaustion doesn't always look like exhaustion
12:54Treating a signal like a character flaw
13:38"If I had the energy right now, would I want to do this?"
15:24This week's invitation
16:49Being tired is not a personal failure
Worth keeping
"Being tired is not a personal failure."
This week's invitation
Each evening, ask:
"What took energy today?"
and "What gave something back?"
Just look. Don't fix anything.
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